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Planning commissioners discuss rezoning approach for Rancho parcels, conservation easements
Summary
Commissioners reviewed updated maps showing conservation easements on large Rancho parcels and discussed legal and procedural options for converting misplaced rural-residential zonings to agricultural zoning, including potential legislative (countywide) vs. parcel-by-parcel approaches.
Albany County Planning Commission members on March 12 reviewed updated maps showing conservation easements on several large Rancho parcels and discussed how the county might address rural-residential zoning that appears inconsistent with conservation easements and the comprehensive plan.
Staff presented a map overlay identifying four of the 35-acre-or-larger Rancho parcels that carry conservation easements. Commissioners and legal counsel explored whether those parcels — and other parcels where zoning appears to conflict with easements or the comprehensive plan — could be rezoned to agricultural without individual parcel…
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